The OIE’s work in setting sanitary

standards

Dr Sarah KahnInternational

Trade Department

IPC SymposiumFebruary 2007

Geneva

Topics for discussion

• OIE Structure and process

• Terrestrial Code Standards

• Work program

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OIE: an intergovernmental organisation (1924)

5 Regions; 168 Member Countries5 Regions; 168 Member Countries29 Americas; 51 Africa; 49 Europe; 13 Middle East; 26 Asia29 Americas; 51 Africa; 49 Europe; 13 Middle East; 26 Asia..

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEEAdministrative Commission

Specialist Commissions Terrestrial Code, Laboratories,

Aquatic Animals, Scientific

Specialist Commissions Terrestrial Code, Laboratories,

Aquatic Animals, Scientific

Regional CommissionsAfrica, Americas, Europe, Asia- Far East and Oceania,

Middle East

Regional CommissionsAfrica, Americas, Europe, Asia- Far East and Oceania,

Middle East

Central BureauCentral Bureau

Director General

Regional ActivitiesDepartment

Regional ActivitiesDepartment

Administrative andManagement Systems

Department

Administrative andManagement Systems

Department

Animal HealthInformationDepartment

Animal HealthInformationDepartment

PublicationsDepartment

PublicationsDepartment

Scientific andTechnical

Department

Scientific andTechnical

Department

CollaboratingCentres

ReferenceLaboratories

CollaboratingCentres

ReferenceLaboratories

ad hoc Groups

Working Groups

ad hoc Groups

Working Groups

Regional RepresentationsRegional Representations

International TradeDepartment

International TradeDepartment

Human Resources and Budget Management Unit

Accounts Unit

Deputy Director General

Administration, Finances, Human Resources

Deputy Director General

Animal Health and International Standards

World Animal Health and Welfare Fund Coordination

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UpdatingInternational

Standards

Terrestrial Code Standards

To facilitate trade in animals & products while avoiding unjustified trade barriers

To support countries in the control of animal diseases and prevention of zoonoses.

Terrestrial Code standards

• Zoning and compartmentalisation• Populations of different animal health status

• Defined by (primarily) geographical features or (primarily) management controls

• Relationship between Veterinary Administrations in exporting country and importing country

• Safe commodities• BSE: Milk and dairy products are listed as safe commodities

Terrestrial Code standards

Equivalence (chapter 1.3.6) • The Code recognises equivalence by recommending

alternative sanitary measures for many diseases and pathogenic agents:

- e.g. by enhanced surveillance and monitoring; by the use of alternative test, treatment or isolation procedures, or by combinations of the above.

• To facilitate the judgement of equivalence, Member Countries should base their sanitary measures on OIE standards, guidelines and recommendations.

• Relevance of risk analysis

Terrestrial Code Standards

• FMD (chapter 2.2.10 and appendix 3.6.2)

• Free country or zone

• Free herd plus heat treatment (UHT or HTST)

• BSE (chapter 2.3.13)

• Milk and dairy products are listed as safe commodities

• Tuberculosis (chapter 2.3.3)

• Herd freedom or pasteurisation or other treatment specified by Code

• Rinderpest (chapter 2.2.12)

• See FMD (above)

Work program• Terrestrial Code

• Compartmentalisation

• Continuing collaboration with Codex

• Consideration of development of commodity standards

• Animal Production Food Safety Working Group

• Animal identification and traceability

• Veterinary certificates

• Animal Feeding

• Good farming practice

• Animal Welfare Working Group

• Livestock production systems

World Organisation for Animal Health

12 rue de Prony75017 Paris, France

Tel: 33 (0)1 44 15 18 88 Fax: 33 (0)1 42 67 09 87

Email: oie@oie.int http://www.oie.int